Nominated for the Best 20 Architecture Projects (2009/2010) in FA of Technical University of Prague (CZ);

February 2009

Participation in the Workshop “Sta(i)rway to heaven: a living space for an astronomer”, integrated in the
international design contest “I+D+Art_E4 by Consetino” - FA of Technical University of Lisbon (PT);

Others
November 2011

Organisation of the Class of Wisdom “First Lecture” by Professor Doutor Duarte Cabral de Mello, at the FA of
Technical University of Lisbon (PT);

Extracurricular Activities
Swimming (since 1993) and Competition Athlete in Portuguese Swimming Federation (1999-2004)
Profile | Interests
Sense of organization and responsibility, systematic and methodical character with leadership skills in project and team management,
conducing to high levels of efficiency.
Willingness to evolve and to learn, highly motivated by team work spirit, one of the basic characteristics of personal and professional life.
Travel ‘addiction’ in order to discover new cultural realities and contexts, swimming and outdoor activities, theatre and art exhibitions.

CAMPOLIDE | LISBON | PT | 12500m2
2011|2012 | TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF LISBON | FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE
This work consists in a reflection about urban systems which arrange the city and how the global decisions transform the dynamics of the local spaces. That reflection is materialized in an urban and architectonic proposal for
the area of Campolide, which relates to the existing infrastructure – highway and railway.
Taking the urban Infrastructure’s Idle Spaces as a purpose, a critical reflection is developed about the rationalization of network organized cities, which, based on the importance given to these circulation systems, gave
origin to new concepts of scale, distance and time, conceiving a city that stands on individual spaces-time.
Facing an uncharacterized city, where monofunctional urban spaces that disintegrate the urban complexity –
and, by consequence, the people - are promoted, the challenge consists in developing an intervention that
transforms these results in collective opportunities, contributing to the wealth and humanization of the cities as
places for gathering and social exchanges.
The explored topics are therefore the guides for the definition of the place and the program of the intervention
project, which constitutes a Swimming Pool Complex and a Multipurpose Space, which seeks to give a practical
answers to the needs of its nearby surroundings, and simultaneously to the city of Lisbon.

And the continuity of the process is crucial. Continuity is life.
LERNER, Jaime – Acupuntura Urbana. 4ªEdição. Rio de Janeiro: Record, 2010. pp.38
Original quote: “E a continuidade do processo é fundamental. Continuidade é vida.”

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Extreme Building on an Extreme Location
PORT AU PRINCE | HAITI | 3200m2
2010 | TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF PRAGUE (CZ) | FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE
With the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, when great areas of the country were devastated, and especially its capital Port au Prince, came the handle for the intervention ‘extreme building on an extreme location’. The first step was
to choose the material, the bamboo, since its use in the construction of new equipments can solve the main local
constraints: the deforestation, high probability of earthquakes and floods, and the thin economic resources. This
complex consists of an area for bamboo learning and plantation, a dining area, while it is also a meeting for the
population and a school (the project chosen for development).

Good acoustic barrier, when is well fixated
Traditional and typical Haitian Art
Can be produced with Bamboo

RAMMED EARTH WALLS

Thermally massive and hardwearing
Simple way to construct walls
Is used where wood is in scarce supply

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90m2

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Intervention on a Small Plot in a City Center

*Project Selected for the Top 20 works in the Technical University of Prague, 2009/2010

TEMPLOVA STREET | PRAGUE| CZ | 90m2
2009|2010 | TECHNICAL UNIVERSIT Y OF PRAGUE | FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE
A challenge in the center of Prague, located in the axis of the Old Town Square. One of the main constraints and
at the same time one of the starting points of the plot was its small area (90m2). Another key aspect in the design
of the project was to develop an individual program. The chosen concept proposes an alternative way to see,
hear, feel and play music. Due to the small size of the plot, the project develops inevitably in height. Following the
idea of a massive block, several music boxes were placed at different levels, like small digging niches, whose
dimensions were thought for the use of certain instruments. The different shapes and sizes of the Music Boxes
create different projections on the exterior facade. Natural light is explored in order to create the underground
feeling, emphasized by the contrast of materials between the wood (with acoustic proprieties) on the interior of
the rooms, and concrete on the outside.

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STAROMĚSTSKÉ SQUARE

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Multi-Housing Blocks in the City | Dealing with an Existing Old Building
AJUDA | LISBON | PT | 6200m2
2010 | TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF LISBON | FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE
The project is located on the plot of an old mansion, built in the end of the nineteenth century. The plot is presented with two different levels, being borded by two roads, one of them being the main axe of the neighborhood.
With this in mind, the housing block was located on the opposite side of the plot, leaving this direct connection
with the main axe to connect for the spaces intended for commerce and recreation. The solid housing block is
characterized by recesses along its volume, respecting the areas imposed by the program, so that the volumetric proportions of the pre-existing building are kept. There are also two courtyards designed in its interior, which
are at the same time the entrances for the two buildings of the housing block. This way, all rooms will be provided
with natural light and cross ventilation.

Warehouses of the National Institute of Emergency Prototypes
Medical Emergency

Trade Areas

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Colective Housing

Kindergarten and Day Care Center

Trade Area

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3 BEDROOMS
APARTMENT

1 BEDROOM
APARTMENT

AREA 120M2

AREA 60M2

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Workshop Sta[i]rway to Heaven related with the Consentino Contest

*In collaboration with Eline Vooijs, InĂŞs Mateus and Renato Monteiro

PALMA ISLAND | CANARY ISLANDS | SP | 30m2
2009 | TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF LISBON | FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE
Beginning with a contest of Consentino, where the purpose was to design an architectural space from a conceptual overview in order to promote the investigation on new concepts of space, materials and constructive
systems that will define them, this project developed research into the typology of the living space towards the
design of an individual residence for the Director of the Institute of Astrophysics in the Canary Island.